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Cette etude porte sur l'implication des femmes d'un quartier pauvre de Belem (Amazonie, Bresil) dans le travail domestique des soins infantiles. Se fondant sur l'anthropologie medicale critique et l'approche feministe, l'etude s'appuie sur les concepts de pluralisme medical, d'itineraires therapeutiques et de pratiques domestiques de soin, ainsi que sur la methode ethnographique. Douze entrevues formelles ont ete effectuees aupres de femmes, trois aupres de conjoints; une douzaine d'entrevues complementaires ont ete realisees en sus d'une observation participante de quatre mois. L'analyse met en valeur les pratiques domestiques de soin et les itineraires therapeutiques des femmes. Les resultats montrent l'ampleur de la tache de soin de ces femmes et son importance pour le maintien de la vie. Les femmes possedent de vastes savoirs sur les soins domestiques et l'utilisation de plantes medicinales, mais tendent de plus en plus a recourir aux ressources biomedicales, et ce, malgre leur inaccessibilite.

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This study focuses on the involvement of women in a poor neighborhood of Belem (Amazon, Brazil) in domestic child care work. Based on critical medical anthropology and the feminist approach, the study draws on the concepts of medical pluralism, therapeutic itineraries and domestic care practices, as well as the ethnographic method. Twelve formal interviews were conducted with women, three with spouses; a dozen additional interviews were carried out in addition to a four-month participant observation. The analysis highlights women's domestic care practices and therapeutic itineraries. The results show the extent of the care task of these women and its importance for maintaining life. Women have extensive knowledge about domestic care and the use of medicinal plants, but increasingly tend to resort to biomedical resources, despite their inaccessibility.

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Title
Infusion ou injection: Pratiques domestiques de soin et itineraires therapeutiques dans une Baixada amazonienne
Author
Audet, Chantale
Publication year
1999
Publisher
ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
ISBN
978-0-612-41842-4
Source type
Dissertation or Thesis
Language of publication
French
ProQuest document ID
304567277
Copyright
Database copyright ProQuest LLC; ProQuest does not claim copyright in the individual underlying works.